North Korean propaganda film shows scenes at the end of World War 2, as Soviet liberating Army arriviving at Pyongyang railroad station in North Korea and being welcomed by the Koreans. Locomotive train pulling into train station with passenger railroad cars. North Korean people cheer Russian Army soldiers and tanks as they pass by them. Russian tanks and soldiers parade through the streets of Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim II Sung addresses a mass meeting. North Koreans operate farm equipment, harvest and pack rice. People celebrate a good harvest as they dance and play traditional musical instruments. A Korean river and a concrete bridge over it.
Events leading up to crossing of 38th Parallel, depicted in North Korean propaganda film. Sheep, cattle and duck raising in North Korea. Sheep and cattle graze, men milk cattle. Ap Nock Kang dam, station and power lines at the dam. Factories being operated in Nam Po, Wha Chum, Hung Nam and Chung Chin. Fertilizers being made at Hung Nam factory. Men work at machines, a man welds a metal piece and pack bags. Women also work in factories. Finished products being transported in freight trains. Children at school learn to dance and sing. People listen to children singing on radio.
National Motion Picture studio under construction in North Korea. A movie being filmed at the new studio. A sports meet for workers. Workers participate in various events like short put throw, long jump, marathon race, skiing. Montage of scenes as narrator states, we must abolish the 38th parallel, move south, throw out Syngman Rhee, crush imperialism and became one nation again. Soldiers with weapons and a mass meeting. Men ,women and students parade through Pyongyang street. Montage of Kim II Sung over Korean flags.
Major events of 1953. Field ambulances arrive at Freedom village bringing repatriated prisoners at the end of hostilities during the Korean War. General William Harrison of United States and General Nam II of North Korea sign the armistice agreement in Panmunjon bringing the war to a halt. War weary American soldiers return home and receive a warm welcome. Soldiers hug their family and friends as they reunite with them. The Statue of Liberty in New York, United States. (Note: Among those repatriated, seconds 18-21 and 26-28 of the clip show Rifleman George Hobson from Fazakerley, Liverpool, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, who was shot and captured at the Battle of the Imjin River in 1951.)
In Iwakuni, Japan, U.S. personnel arm B-26 plane on airfield with 50 cal machine guns. Bomb is rolled to B-26 plane. Man loads bomb into bomb bay of plane. U.S. personnel get on trucks at airfield. Men board B-26 at airfield. Starboard side engine of B-26 revs up. B-26 taxis and takes off from runway. B-26 flies over coastal area. B-26 drop bombs, during Korean War. Explosions on ground near Seoul, South Korea. B-26 machine guns fired. B-26 aircraft in flight over clouds.
A view of Hyesanjin, North Korea, during Korean War. Aerial view of Hyesanjin along the Yalu River. Mountains in view. U.S. aircraft bomb strike the city. Smoke rises up due to explosions.